Improvement in bee-hiveb



Cihttrd tatw Letters Pam Np. 92,018, dama .inne 29, 1889.

IMPROVBMENT IN BEE-HIVS.

The Scheule refen'ed to in these I-etters Patent :m making part of thesame..

To all whom t may conccrn Be it known that I, J osEPH Ca'oxaa, of CrossCreek Village, in the county of \Vashington, ,and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and valuable Imthe same, reference being had to theannexed .draw-J 'ings, making a part of this specification, and to :the

letters and ligures of reference marked thereon.

'Fignre 1, of the drawings, is a representation of a Vertical section ofmy invention, looking from the door, back.

Fignre 2 isalongitudinal section of the. same. Figure 3 is a top view,on the red line a: x; Figure 4 is a top view, on the line o o.

Figure 5 is an external elevation of the rear end'of the same.

My invention relates to bee-hives; and

It consists mainly in the construction and novel arrangement of devicesintended to provide efficient means for preserving the honey intactwhile being removed from one hive to another; and also to provide novelmeans of access to the honey before such removal takes place.

The letter A, of the (lrawings, represents the shell' or box of mybee-hive, and letter B the upper coinpartment thereof. I v

The compartment B has honey-drawers, with opening's thcreto, as shown,and is intended asa receptacle forslnall quantities of honey, removableat will, without distnrbance to` the main part of the hive.

The letters o represent a series of frames, arranged as shown, in themain hive, and resting upon the bedplate thereof.

These frames are respectively attached to the bed- -plate, and are made'removable therefrom by the means following, namely:

At the rear of each frame I aflix a` rod, marked n, firmly into the'bed-plate, and airange it 'to stand firmly in a perpendieular position.w

I attach to the r'ear ends of the frames respectively, hollow tubes,marked s, tirting loosely over the ro'ds 11, and adapted for removalthereii'om at will.

[These'tnbes are constrncted of such length as to completely cover saidrods when attached thereto.

The object of the arrange-m'ent last above named, is to provide meansfor detaching a frame, c, from the hive,\\'ithont danger of breaking thecomb of the honey attached thereto. I

The box of the 'hire is made removable from the bed-plate and frames cin the manner following; that is to say, 1 cut groores in the sides ofthe bed-plate, adapted toihe size of the lower side pieces of the box. Iattach hooks to the side pieces, as shown by the letter u, which claspover the side and under the bottom of the bed-plate. This arrangementenables me to slide the main box backward from the bed-plate at will,leaving the frznnes all exposed and nncovered.

What I claim as lny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- A bee-hive, having box A, with, bed-plate as described, frames c,rods 11., tubes s, and hooks u,constructed and arranged to operatesubsta-ntially as. descrihed.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CRON ER.

i Witnesses:

J. A. M. REF., Geo. BUcnAxA.

